Solar Crisis
4.1
“In the year 2050, the battle to save the earth will be fought on the sun.”
A huge solar flare is predicted to fry the Earth. Astronauts aboard the spaceship Helios must go to the Sun to drop a bomb equipped with an Artificial Intelligence and a Japanese pilot at the right time so the flare will point somewhere else.
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Cast
64 people
Tim Matheson
Steve Kelso
Known for
Virgin River
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Charlton Heston
Adm. "Skeet" Kelso
Known for
Planet of the Apes
Ben-Hur
Peter Boyle
Arnold Teague
Known for
Taxi Driver
Young Frankenstein
Annabel Schofield
Alex Noffe
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Midnight Blue
Corin Nemec
Mike Kelso
Known for
The Stand
Stargate SG-1
Tetsuya Bessho
Ken Minami
Known for
Godzilla vs. Mothra
Heart and Yummie
Jack Palance
Travis
Known for
The Swan Princess
Batman
Dorian Harewood
Borg
Known for
Full Metal Jacket
Gothika
Paul Koslo
Haas
Known for
The Omega Man
Robot Jox
Sandy McPeak
Gurney
Known for
Blue Thunder
The Osterman Weekend
Silvana Gallardo
T.C.
Known for
Death Wish II
Out of the Dark
Dan Shor
Harvard
Known for
Tron
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Richard C. Sarafian Director · Alan Smithee Director Tedi Sarafian Screenplay
Director
Richard C. Sarafian
Director
Alan Smithee
Screenplay
Tedi Sarafian
Screenplay
Joe Gannon
Author
Takeshi Kawata
Composer
Maurice Jarre
Cinematographer
Russell Carpenter
Cinematographer
Steven Finestone
Editor
Richard Trevor
Editor
Charles V. Coleman
Production designer
George Jenson
Costume designer
Robert Turturice
Budget $55M · United States release November 25, 1992 · Produced in Japan, United States
Box office
Budget
$55,000,000
Production
Trimark Pictures
Production
Gakken
Production
NHK Enterprises
Production
Japan America Picture Company
Production
Japan · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Japan · July 14, 1990
Premiere
United States · November 25, 1992
Limited theatrical
Argentina
May 27, 1993 · Theatrical
Germany
August 6, 1992 · Limited theatrical
January 21, 1993 · Physical · VHS release
May 28, 2004 · Physical · DVD release
March 7, 2014 · Physical · Blu-Ray release
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